First published: Tue Mar 26 2013(Updated: )
The traffic engineering (TE) processing subsystem in Cisco IOS XR allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process restart) via crafted TE packets, aka Bug ID CSCue04000.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Cisco IOS XRv 9000 |
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CVE-2013-1162 has been assigned a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service.
To mitigate CVE-2013-1162, upgrade to a fixed version of Cisco IOS XR that addresses this vulnerability.
CVE-2013-1162 affects devices running vulnerable versions of Cisco IOS XR, particularly during TE packet processing.
The primary impact of CVE-2013-1162 is that it allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through crafted TE packets.
You can determine if your device is vulnerable by checking for the presence of any affected versions of Cisco IOS XR in use.